LG CNS Targets Global AI Data Center Market With Modular Infrastructure

LG CNS is seeking to bolster its global footprint in the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure market through modular data centers. The modular approach, showcased at Data Centre World Asia 2026 in Singapore, addresses the growing demand for rapid deployment, high-density computing, and scalable infrastructure. Key solutions include the Pre-fabricated Modular Datacenter (PMDC) and AI Factory Full-Stack Service.

These offerings are designed to tackle the challenges of securing power, managing heat from high-performance GPUs, and building infrastructure swiftly to meet demand. The PMDC provides prefabricated modules for GPUs, servers, power systems, and cooling equipment, allowing for prefabrication and quick installation at the data center site.

This contrasts with traditional data center construction, which often involves extensive on-site work and longer deployment times. The modular design enables customers to expand capacity incrementally as AI computing demand grows, rather than building large-scale facilities upfront. LG CNS's strategy leverages capabilities from across the LG group, including data center design and operation, modular cooling infrastructure, and battery solutions.

The company envisions a modular AI Factory where customers can deploy container-based AI data centers without needing large sites or dedicated buildings, adding containers as computing requirements evolve. To meet these needs, LG CNS has introduced 4-megawatt and 1.2-megawatt IT load modules based on NVIDIA's Vera Rubin GPU architectures.

The company is also expanding its modular AI Factory lineup with various configurations. Moreover, LG CNS is enhancing its cooling technology, particularly liquid-cooling capabilities, to manage increasing GPU density. The company has partnered with NAVER Cloud to build a liquid-cooling infrastructure at a data center in South Korea, capable of supporting NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin GPUs with a power capacity of 80 MW.

By commercializing standardized modules and integrating GPUs, power, cooling, and operational services, LG CNS aims to participate in a broader array of AI infrastructure projects, from initial deployment to subsequent capacity expansion. LG CNS's executive vice president and head of the AI Cloud Business Division, Kim Tae-hoon, emphasized the shift towards integrated AI Factories that deliver tangible business results through AI.